Gate



Feb. 4, 1930.

H. SPANGENBERG ,745,458

GATE" I Filed July 28, 1928 M W, Invenibr,

Patented Feb. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES HENRY SPANGENBERG, F LQNGBRANQH', WASHINGTON;

GATE

Application filed July 28, 1928: SeriaI'No. 295,806;

My invention relates to traffic gates used on farms and estates where vehicle gates are required. It more particularly pertains to double acting gates through which automobiles and other motor driven vehicles are driven. The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a gate that can be opened from either side by the contact and push of an automobile while the driver remains seated within the car; and second, toprovide a gate that, when a vehicle has passed through, will automatically close of itself by gravity, and thus save the time and the effort of getting out of the car to open and close the gate.

1:5 My invention has the further object of providing devices whereby any gate hung in the ordinary manner with hinges, can be rehung and equipped to be opened and automatically closed as hereinafter described.

I attain these objects by means of the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which v Figure 1 is a side view of an ordinary form of vehicle gate with my newly invented improvements in use thereon; Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the upper hinge of the gate; Fig. 4 is a top view of the lower hinge with an inner view of the part to be attached to the gate;

Fig. 5 is a side View of the lower hinge; Fig. 6 is a side and end view of the gate latch; Fig. 7 is an end and face view of the latch catch; Fig. 8 is an end view of the bumper boards looking to the right as shown in Fig.

5 9, which is an enlarged view of the bumper boards designed to unlatch the gate.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several views.

Heretofore, various devices have been in- 0 vented for opening and closing driveway gates by means of cords, chains, pulleys, springs, weights and other mechanisms, all of which are more or less cumbersome and awkward, unsightly and expensive. Some '7 are quite difiicult to install and operate.

My new improvements require some simple additions to those used in the making and hanging of an ordinary driveway gate. They do not mar the appearance of the gate 59 and arev so practical that the gate cannot get out of'order; The gate can bereadily: I18? paired" in case ofidamage. It can beeopenedi as madily by: hand; as; any; other'gate by onegoing through on foot; oron horseback:

Referringxto thedrawing, it will lie-seen" 5.5. that any-form of gate 1: as: commonly used, for driveways may be equipped with Ina-new: improvements The gate isdesigned be closed by gravity; Tosecurethifizactiomthe: upper hinge lStOfj common form'ofistud' co and sockethingefi, but the socket, memben must be so formedzthatthepivot WE LL Q'Q LI. the'central vertical? planeofithe gate asindijcated in Fig. 3.. 'Bhis-hingeniustbe strong and. securelyfixed, it, beinghe? m in and support of the gate- Thelpwe hinge- 3. is made with two, pivotal bearings-:H a shown in Figs... 4. and 5; The sockets, of this hinge are made open in: orderthatth y may alternately; swing f ee of their pivotal 0 bearings when the g te; is, op ne b k: andforthin. oppositedirections; When: the .g-ate is clos y r t i balanced. contac as shown. in" Fig: 4; immathe; gravity oi} the. gate, It: wi l; be: seenthe soc et mem u made adjustable by means of slots 5, whereby may bccentered on he ga erby; dju t ngthe Q1ts:6;-'6- 115. the: L-shapei hinge trap- 7.-.7;., By th simeansa e i ge 3-oan be can: tered'and fixed on anythicknessaof, gate and 8.0 the ate be hung-in alinen entwithathelatc catch on the opposite side of the, gateway,

The gate. latch 8 and v the catch; 9, are; similartorother gate{latchesingene ional. In my improvement the latch Sis madefLI-shaped with a sort upright: extension; 10, with: two small holes ea ts opiintolwhichtwo latch li t ng w res-ll areat ached... The.- other-end of. these wires are separately, attached. to; the ends of the bumper boards, IZTLZh-inged onto the two sidesof the. gate and; directly oppositeeachrother. Thebumperboandsiare spread apart by. nimated: U shapedbrace 13 and fixed betweenthebumper boards; to hold them asuitable distance. apartat their 9.5 OM31 e s h p r boards.. 1.2. being hinggd. ()Il; centers t e... member 13 stobe fixedwitli somelboseue s -perm t IlR S-msWing-; realy.-. Each latch lifting wireis tobe attaQhQd-Withequal 10 tautness to its respective bumper board, so that when the latch 8 is down in the catch 9, the bumper boards will extend equally distant from the sides of the gate as shown in Figs. 2 and 9.

There is no uncommon method required in constructing a gate and attaching my improvements thereto. All can be done in a simple and practical manner as indicated by the drawing and as herein described.

To open the gate we willconsider an automobile is approaching from the farther side of Fig. 1. The driver slows down as he comes to the gate so that the car wheel or bumper will contact the board 12 with a mild bump pushing it toward the body of the gate; The opposite' board 12 will be pushedfr'o'mthe gate as indicated in Fig. 2, whereby its latch lifting wire 11 will be given a quick jerk that will lift the latch 8 from the catch 9 and the 'thus letting the gate swing or rock back and forthon the double bearings H of the lower hinge '3 till the latch finally catches in the notch. It will be observed this automatic action of the gate is caused by gravity. It will alsobe observed the opening of the gate I, and the closing of the same will be the same the when a car approaches from the front side of the gate. I I

It will be seen that my improvements in gates as shown and herein described, are simple, practical and economical in construction and will be useful in gateways on farms,

'estatesand elsewhere where automotive vehicles are used. It is" to be observed that posts be round as is often the case on-farms, I latch catch 9and the hinge 3 can be'fitted to plane faces cut into the side of each post. Each post can be securely braced and stayed by the adjoining fence and otherwise so'that each will stand plumb and true after the gate 5 is hung in place' A footman can openthe gate by lifting the latch by hand or by kick or quick push of the foot on one of the bumper boards. f Having described my invention. I claim The combination with a double acting gate, m pivoted gravity latch'with an upright extension at its pivoted end, bumper boards hinged on the opposite sides of said gate, a fixed spreader between said bumper boards, anduniform means for attaching the ends of said bumper boards with the upright extension of said gravity latch whereby each of said bumper boards is held at the same angle with its respective side of said gate when said gate is shut, as set forth and described.

HENRY SPANGENBERG.

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